Debra Basham

Living and Loving

Tag: synchronicities

  • Croquet Set

    They stopped in to browse a small resale shop near their home when a couple entered shortly inquiring about a croquet set. “Let me ask the guy in the back,” responded the woman working the register.

    The man who was working in the back room told the couple, “I have one. Let me get it.” As he carried the set to the front of the shop for the couple to see he added, “It only has one wicket. I was trying to decide what to do with it. It just came in this morning….”

    Smiling broadly, the woman said, “Guess it was meant to be.”

    A common quote about synchronicity, particularly attributed to Carl Jung, is: “Synchronicity is the coming together of inner and outer events in a way that cannot be explained by cause and effect and that is meaningful to the observer.”

    Another quote from Jung emphasizes its acausal nature: “Synchronicity is a meaningful coincidence of two or more events in which something other than the probability of chance is perceived.”

    Talk about timing.

  • Serbian Mass

    Sacred Stories

    Attending Mass in Serbia was a dream. The homily began, soon turning her dream into disappointment. The Mass was being given in Serbian, a language she did not know. Why had she not realized this would be the case? She grew more and more distressed.

    Then she prayed, “Lord, you worked a miracle with language in the first Pentecost, letting each understand what was spoken in his or her own language. You know my heart. I want to hear this holy message. Please work a miracle for me today.”

    It felt as though a switch had flipped. She grabbed her journal and began to take copious notes. She felt she knew what was being said, but was that just her imagination?

    At the end of the service she showed the notes to their tour guide and asked, “Is this what the priest was saying?”

    “Word for word. I did not know you spoke Serbian,” he responded.

    “I don’t…” she breathed.

    These are sacred stories. What does this all mean to you? Do you have as story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • Appointment

    Sacred Stories

    February 8 she received an email message requesting a session. When would she be back in town? She was not due back until early April.

    March 22 she sent a response: “Hi. Wondering if you want to set up your appointment for soon after I get home.”

    The reply popped in right away: “You won’t believe this. Oh, yes, YOU will. I was thinking just ten minutes ago about texting you to see when you will be back home! LOL.”

    These are sacred stories. What does this all mean to you? If you have a story to share, send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • UPS

    Sacred Stories

    She was intending to drive to the UPS store after her doctor’s appointment, but she needed to return directly home to ice packs. Halfway home on her country road, she said out loud, “Sure would be convenient if a UPS truck was in the neighborhood to take my package.”

    A UPS truck rounded the corner heading directly toward her!

    She waved to him to stop next to her car and handed him her package.

    It’s the littlest things that can make the biggest difference. That week her life had gotten very dark, sometimes scary, lonely, and pretty heavy.

    She says, “I felt heard. Ask and you will receive.”

    It was just what the doctor ordered.

    These are sacred stories. What does this all mean to you? If you have a story to share, send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • Candy Striper

    Sacred Stories

    Her son was two-and-a-half. Friends had come to swim. Just before dinner, she bathed her son and was bathing her daughters when her husband screamed her name. Her son had been pulled from the pool unconscious!

    Water poured from every orifice in his body. She rode in the ambulance, praying.

    At the hospital, she stood by helplessly as they were unable to revive him. She was led to a room to wait.

    The woman in a pink candy striper uniform came in and told her, “Your son is screaming bloody murder.” They prayed together, and the woman in pink stayed with her until someone came to get her. They needed her help to calm her son so they could run some tests. He was alive!

    After the situation calmed down, she wanted to thank the woman who had stayed with her. No one knew anything about a woman in a pink uniform. This hospital did not have candy striper volunteers.

    These are sacred stories. What does this all mean to you? Do you have as story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • Casey

    Sacred Stories

    Casey was a bit of a handful. She was one of those dogs who refused to stay in her own yard. For weeks now, Casey would disappear every afternoon. Her owner had no idea where she was, but Casey would come back home by dinnertime.

    Quite the surprise, one day Casey stayed home all day.

    The following day, a man came to the house, asking if the Alaskan malamute lived there. He said he just wanted to thank Casey.

    The past few weeks Casey had been spending every afternoon with the man’s father. He said his father had Alzheimer’s and had been very agitated and fearful. Petting Casey kept him occupied and calm.

    Casey had not come to visit yesterday because somehow she knew!

    The man’s father had died peacefully in his sleep two nights previously.

    These are sacred stories. What does this all mean to you? Do you have as story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • Mojo

    Sacred Stories

    On Sunday evening he was visiting friends to play dominoes. Addressing the wife, he said, “I need you to do some of your Mojo. We need to find a rental for next season.”

    She told him he did not need her Mojo, he just needed to use his own. He was to simply say or think, “Whatever she does, I need some of that now.”

    The following evening, at euchre someone told him about a rental. It was perfect!

    These are sacred stories. What does this all mean to you? Do you have as story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • Eagle Print

    Sacred Stories

    His mother had passed away. He was missing her a lot.

    They went on a get-away-weekend to escape the stress of their loss.

    As they entered their room, an eagle print was hanging right over the bed.

    Eagle was the “animal totem” of his mother!They felt her loving presence there with them.

    These are sacred stories. What does this all mean to you? Do you have as story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • Bee Aware

    Sacred Stories

    She was cleaning the house and had the doors open. Many bees came in the house. She says, “I love bees and I caught each one and took it back outside. As the day went on I was outside and suddenly got stung by a bee inside my shirt. At first I was incredulous that the bee nation would actually sting me after I spent the day saving each one.”

    In a moment of being desirous to know why she had been stung, she says the bee nation answered by telling her that because she paid no attention to their message all day they felt their only option was to sting her.

    In reading about bee, she discovered a timely message: “No matter how great the dream there is a promise of fulfillment if we pursue it.”

    Wow!

    She was very moved by this message given that she had been having some doubts regarding her recent career changes.

    These are sacred stories. What does this all mean to you? Do you have as story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • The Touch of the Master’s Hand

    Sacred Stories

    He was going through a divorce. It was a very tough time.

    He had a very heavy heart as he boarded the plane.

    The man seated next to him on the flight gave him a booklet.

    When he finished reading and turned to thank the man, the man had disappeared!

    These are sacred stories. What does this all mean to you? Do you have as story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.